Consomme

Ingredients

• 1 chicken
• 3 pounds lean beef
• 1 onion
• 1 turnip
• 2 carrots
• bunch sweet herbs
• 7 quarts cold water
• 1/2 cup sago
• pepper and salt

Method

1. 1

   Cut beef in strips and disjoint chicken, slice vegetables, chop herbs, put all on with water to cook slowly for 6 hours.

2. 2

   Take out chicken and beef; salt and pepper and put into jar.

3. 3

   Strain soup, pulping vegetables through a sieve.

4. 4

   Season and divide it, pouring half on meat in jar, and setting in pot of hot water to cook, covered, 2 hours more.

5. 5

   Heat the rest and skim; put in sago, simmer for 30 minutes, then pour out.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The royal baker and pastry cook (1902) by New York Cooking School, page 59. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Consomme. — 1 chicken, 3 pounds lean beef, 1 onion, 1 turnip, 2 carrots, bunch sweet herbs, 7 quarts cold water, Vfj cup sago soaked in cold water, pepper and salt

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